Biographies:

Dr Mävers is equity partner with michels.pmks Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB, a boutique law firm with eight lawyers (with no less than seven labour lawyers) based in Cologne and operating throughout Germany. michels.pmks is well connected nationally and internationally. In cross-border cases, we work with carefully selected international partners that we have known personally for many years.

Dr Mävers, registered employment law specialist, is also a founding partner of the firm. Since the beginning of his law career, he has been active in all fields of labour and employment law. Among his specialisation is the legal assistance of international companies, especially from the Anglo-American world, concerning cross-border matters with all the related labour law issues. Thanks to his worldwide network of independent partners, Mr Mävers also coordinates labour law matters labour for clients abroad together with foreign counsel. Amongst others he consults companies from the IT and automotive sectors.

Beyond that, Dr Mävers has accumulated considerable experience in the field of corporate immigration law and citizenship law. He is also a board member of Visalaw International as well as a board and global member of the Alliance of Global Business Immigration Lawyers and regularly speaks at the sessions of the immigration and nationality law committee of the International Bar Association, where he has been appointed chair.

Dr Mävers speaks German, English and French.

WWL says: Gunther Mävers is "the top name in Germany" who peers "wouldn't hesitate to recommend" for his broad international expertise and excellent client service.

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Dr Mävers is equity partner with michels.pmks Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB, a boutique law firm with eight lawyers (with no less than seven labour lawyers) based in Cologne and operating throughout Germany. michels.pmks is well connected nationally and internationally. In cross-border cases, we work with carefully selected international partners that we have known personally for many years.

Dr Mävers, registered employment law specialist, is also a founding partner of the firm. Since the beginning of his law career, he has been active in all fields of employment and employment law. Among his specialisation is the legal assistance of international companies, especially from the Anglo-American world, concerning cross border matters with all the related labour law issues. Thanks to his worldwide network of independent partners, Mr Mävers also coordinates labour law matters and labour for clients abroad together with foreign counsel. Among others, he consults companies from the IT and automotive sector.

Beyond that, Dr Mävers has accumulated considerable experience in the field of corporate immigration law and citizenship law. He is also a board member of Visalaw International as well as a board and global member of the Alliance of Global Business Immigration Lawyers and regularly speaks at the sessions of the immigration and nationality law committee of the International Bar Association, where he has been appointed chair during the term 2015–16 and is now council member of the Global Employment Institute.

Dr Mävers speaks German, English and French.

WWL says: Gunther Mävers is “a very well-known figure” in the German market, and is highly sought after for his expert handling of cross-border labour law issues.

This biography is an extract from Who's Who Legal: Germany which can be purchased from our Shop.

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